Whoopie Pie Recipe& three of our best fillings

Whoopie! How to make whoopie pies recipe and three of the best fillings to choose from. Fun and delicious kosher dessert, pareve or dairy. Here's my easy recipe for how to make a memorable chocolate dessert.

Oh, and did you know there is actually a festival every year celebrating whoopie pies? Yup, they are that good. I can really celebrate chocolate's history and health benefits, though. Read about that here... (& no, that does not make them healthy, but can we pretend?)

Whoopie Pie Recipe and three fillings

Make this easy with cake mix!

Cookies:

1 box chocolate
cake mix

1/2 cup milk or water

½ cup
vegetable oil

3 eggs

Filling:

#1:
3 cups favorite buttercream icing

#2:
marshmallow cream

#3:
Fluffy Cream Cheese Filling-recipe follows

Garnish-chocolate icing, warmed

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line
cookie sheets with parchment paper.

2. In large bowl, beat cake
mix, milk or water, oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed until
moistened. Beat on high speed for 1 minute.

3. Using a 1 small ice cream
scoop or tablespoon, drop the batter in 1 to 1 1/2-inch diameter circles onto
cookie sheets leaving about 1-inch all around to allow for spreading. Bake
10 to 12 minutes until set being careful to not over bake.

4. Cool 2 minutes in pan,
then remove from cookie sheets and place on cooling rack to cool completely
before filling.

5. Spread filling on flat side
of one cookie. Top with the second cookie, flat side down to make a sandwich.
Drizzle with chocolate icing if desired.

Fluffy Cream Cheese filling

16 ounces cream cheese, softened

1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened

2 cups confectioners' sugar, sifted

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1. Beat together cream
cheese and butter until light and fluffy.

2. Slowly add in the
confectioners' sugar and vanilla extract & beat on low until incorporated,
then beat on high for 2 minutes, until frosting is light and fluffy.

3.
Refrigerate until ready to use, allow to soften before spreading onto cookies.